I talked Don into coming down to the Moab car show a day early so he could
make the Friday rod run to Needles Overlook by Canyonlands Nation Park, so he showed up in Moab on Thursday and
we meet for the first time in person. As you can see he has a beautiful blown '34 and he is a great guy. The above
two pictures where taken at Needles Overlook. It was about a 120 mile round trip from Moab and almost 50 cars made
the trip.

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After an uneventful trip to Needles Overlook, cruising main Friday and Saturday
nights, and attending the car show on Saturday with over 600 cars, Don decided to take the rod run to Dead Horse
Point State Park on Sunday morning with over 150 cars. I was at the end of the line with Don and the '34 not to
far ahead. About 30 miles out he pulled over with smoke coming out from under the car. I grabbed a fire extinguisher
and went to the car. He had blown a transmission line (rubber) and it was going all over the exhaust (no fire).
In the left picture everyone is trying to figure out where the leak is and Don (looking at the camera) is trying
to figure out what he is going to do to the camera man. The guy in the plaid shirt in both pictures is Don's transmission
man. I guess he had him along just in case ;-).

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After breaking out the tools Don was able to get things fixed and back on
the road again. Now here is a little tip: Don's friend always carries a spare push rod and rocker arm. He was able
to break the push rod on both ends and insert it into the transmission line and use some hose clamps to finish
the job.

The last picture is Dead Horse Point State Park which is next to Canyonlands
National Park. The view is the Colorado river canyon. Right below where this picture was taken is where they shot
the car off the canyon rim with Thelma and Louise in the movie of the same name. Don didn't make it to here as
he decided not to push his luck and went the 240 miles back to Salt Lake City with no further problems. Thanks
for putting up with this Don and hope you return to Moab next year and I admire you for putting all the miles on
the blown '34. It's a great car. I'll see you at B'ville and I hope I don't break down. Sum